Fora Travel, which is recruiting newbies to become travel advisors, has raised $40 million in a Series C funding investment round, according to published reports and a LinkedIn post from the company founder.
Co-founder Evan Frank, who was also co-founder and former CEO of short-term rental platform onefinestay, wrote on LinkedIn Thursday that 97% of Fora’s travel advisors had never worked in that role previously.
“With today’s news, we are confident our thesis will continue to be proven correct: By empowering a growing community to build careers they love, lowering the barrier to start and stay a travel entrepreneur, we’ve created a new channel of distribution for our…